![]() You’ll have to feed in one after the other key stroke. Word of warning: like with any serial connection it has issues when you hammer it – so don’t hold the backspace key and wait for your line to be deleted. Exit setup mode and hit return a few times, your screen should update. Then run `minicom -c on -s` to enter setup mode and configure your connection. After plugging in the USB to serial adapter, have a look at `dmesg | tail` to see what device has been assigned to it. I was able to get minicom to work using 9600 baud and 8N1 on /dev/ttyUSB0, YMMV. My serial to USB adapter mentions 3.3V and since all components are powered in some way I didn’t hook 5V and ground up – only RX/TX (crossed). From right to left, you’ll have +5V, then TX, RX and Ground. Note that you will have to connect the RX/TX lines crossed. On my unit the serial port was covered by a sticker – peel that off and connect your serial adapter to the pins underneath this. I didn’t and opted for the naked version (pl2303HX) which cost me just AU$6.20 including shipping! (I bought mine from top_electronics_au on ebay but am not affiliated with them in any way). How? The serial connection Buy the hardwareīuy yourself a little serial to USB adapter if you haven’t got one already.
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